diff --git a/opennlp-brat-annotator/pom.xml b/opennlp-brat-annotator/pom.xml
index 39b8f7b18..62d1142d7 100644
--- a/opennlp-brat-annotator/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-brat-annotator/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-distr/pom.xml b/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
index 971d219ff..29dde5357 100644
--- a/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml b/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
index b41187287..eb617bcc7 100644
--- a/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
diff --git a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
index 73414828c..2727a63d8 100644
--- a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
diff --git a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
index e17e5e775..1102f2cbb 100644
--- a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
 	<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.4.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml b/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
index 5d4ace883..d15010023 100644
--- a/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml b/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
index 79b4b5f38..c9c257b5e 100644
--- a/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@
    under the License.
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
         <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.4.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>opennlp-tools-models</artifactId>
diff --git a/opennlp-tools/pom.xml b/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
index cd8714e4f..79b536756 100644
--- a/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-uima/pom.xml b/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
index 3a6472c5e..49e26d26d 100644
--- a/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	<parent>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	    <version>2.4.0</version>
 	    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91b9eb8e5..fa9f226bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.4.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Reactor</name>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/opennlp.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/opennlp.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/apache/opennlp.git</url>
-		<tag>opennlp-2.3.1</tag>
+		<tag>opennlp-2.4.0</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<repositories>